At an individual level, wearables can offer a unique insight into your body’s performance. Mine is eerily good at predicting if I’m getting sick. At a population level, there’s even more to learn. | learn more
I plan to do a multi-day fast soon. Please reach out with any tips! “Intermittent Fasting or Caloric restriction unleashes a complicated set of useful cellular reactions… There are currently hundreds of clinical trials looking at the Fasting/Caloric restriction. Throughout […]
“As healthcare costs rise, health care sharing ministries (HCSMs) are getting a lot of attention—not all of it good—as an alternative to traditional health insurance. Open to people who share religious or ethical beliefs, they aren’t insurance companies. Rather, they […]
“Before my insurer had even preapproved coverage of the new injectable medicine my doctor had prescribed, I got a voicemail from its manufacturer informing me that I might qualify for its copay assistance program. That meant the company would cover […]
The NYT headline is “Scientists find no benefit to time-restricted eating.” That’s a wildly broad interpretation of the actual study, which was conducted on 139 participants, all of whom were obese, and focused largely on weight loss. | learn more
“The company has teams working on an updated sensor and software for the Apple Watch that would determine if a user has high blood pressure, but accuracy has been a challenge during testing, said the people, who asked not to […]
Bring on that local honey! | learn more
“People, People, People. They are what matters. You can start something incredible with the wrong people and fail or start an average idea with the right people and win.” | learn more
“In our chronic pain clinic, we noticed that some people who had changed their diet for other reasons, such as weight loss or diabetes management, started to report a reduction in their nagging pain problems. And one diet in particular […]
By Matt Ridley: “If mutation can make a disease more dangerous, why have rhinoviruses never turned into killers?” | learn more